Archived News for Research Sector Professionals - September, 2014
A new study has suggested that schizophrenia is not a single disease, but a group of eight genetically distinct disorders.
Cost-saving choices cut for better answers
Central Queensland University is preventing students from passing based on sheer accident, becoming the first to abolish multiple-choice exams.
Cuts bring claim of Green smear
A Liberal MP has accused The Greens of trying to bring down a regional university.
Deep reading found in phone data
A new study has shown how much a mobile phone can learn about its user’s lifestyle and mental health.
Chip packet engineering to save lives
A glass tube and some chip packets could be the key to preventing millions of deaths, local students say.
Costs counted as sea threatens bricks and mortar
A new report could test the resolve of infrastructure-friendly but ecologically-ignorant politicians.
Fight called over "oppressive" pre-menstrual label
An Australian National University (ANU) researcher says labelling premenstrual symptoms as a psychiatric disorder is unethical and oppressive to women.
Leader lined-up for big CRC review
The former Chair of Innovation Australia will conduct a wide-ranging Government review of Australia’s Cooperative Research Centres.
Light waste takes heavy toll on coastal life
The waters off Australian beaches are suffering under a plague of plastic, as urban life strangles nearby fish and birds.
New bone graft ingredients tested
Australian bio-engineers have successfully made synthetic materials which encourage bone formation.
Floating lab finds its place in space
A spot has been picked on a comet 440 million kilometres away, where a robot should land in coming months.
Futuristic feline leaps to new level
MIT’s robotic cheetah has had a software upgrade, and can now bound about in untethered freedom.
Clear view for powerful new tech
One of the toughest engineering quests is to create a transparent solar panel, and a team in the US has taken the biggest step so far.
Genetic links made on strong strands of data
A study has found the protocols for high-tech medicine are becoming accepted worldwide, an important step for the future of many treatments.
Robo-spleen set to take swing at sepsis
Researchers have developed a robot spleen to fight sepsis – a major cause of deaths in intensive care.
Fun summons future computer careers
A team has received funding to work on a video game that teaches computer coding.
Kids teach each other about risks of tomorrow
While the adage contends that it takes a whole village to raise a child, a new program shows a village of children could just raise themselves, almost.
Ancient foot-saving secret revealed
Research has revealed a secret that Aboriginal communities may have known for millennia.
BMX meets H20 on path to cleaner transport
Australian engineers have built a hydrogen-powered bicycle that can take riders up to 125 kilometres on a single battery charge and $2 in fuel.
Camo-skin pinched from eight-legged illusionists
A new design has been lifted from Nature’s notebook, this time from the ever-changing skin of the octopus and squid.
Factories not making best moves to grow
Just 37 per cent of Australian manufacturers are taking measures that boost profit, productivity and market share, research shows.